Rhetorical Analysis An ad that takes up less than half of a page, boxed off by a white boarder, letting the viewer almost see the other side of the page. The only thing blocking this is a photo of three young women dressed up for a tea party. It is an ad for the Lamarca Prosecco, a brand that sells sparkling wine (Prosecco). Lamarca is a company that uses the need for affiliation and prominence to market their sparkling wine.
The First Decision Reef, the main character in the novel, The First Stone, by Don Aker, makes a bad decision and ultimately has to deal with the consequences. To begin, Reef latches his anger onto a stone and deliberately throws it over an overpass into oncoming traffic. The stone causes a major accident between not one, but several cars and severely injures a teenage girl. Fortunately for Reef, the Judge sentences him to live at North Hills Group Home, and to volunteer at a rehabilitation centre. This punishment changes Reef’s life for the better.
Bad things happen to good people. A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket, is a story about the orphans that are in a bad situation. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire parents died in a fire while Count Olaf is trying to steal their fortune. They escaped Count Olaf and got to safety for a little. They learned that bad things happen to good people too.
In both “The Boat” and Brooklyn, the families are torn between several incidents or situations that occur during them. Conflict an occur frequently between families or friends when difficult situations rise to the surface. The stress that occurs during these stories shows the tension between staying home or leaving in the book Brooklyn, as well as in “The Boat.” In this essay I will discuss some parts of the stories that showed tension that has occured in the short story and the book as well. Especially, I will discuss the difficulty the boy had to endure, and how his choices impacted his future relationship with his parents.
The First Stone You can’t make everyone happy. Sometimes the decision of the judges only satisfy some people. In the novel The First Stone, by Don Aker, a young teen by the name Chad “Reef” Kennedy finds himself in a tough situation and his sentencing is being in rehab and doing community service. Reef is responsible for putting Leeza a young girl, in the hospital because of his actions. Since he is in rehab, many people wished he went to jail.
The book “In the lake of the woods”, written by Tim O’Brien, is about a Vietnam veteran and politicians story. The main character, John Wade, is a Vietnam veteran who was involved with a brutal massacre. John was also a politician, and in fear that the massacre he was involved with would affect his political career, John does everything he can to cover up this incident. During this time John's wife mysteriously disappears. John has an ambition throughout the story to cover up what happened to profit his own career.
A previous prisoner with Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, Floyd Wells, believed that he had some part in the murders of the Clutters because he told both Dick and Perry about the Clutter’s wealth, this resulted in Dick telling Floyd that once Perry and himself get out of jail, their going to rob the Clutters. To avoid any problems toward him, Floyd creates an Alabi and gives this information to Alvin Dewey, the investigator of this case. Alvin receives photographs of both Dick and Perry where Alvin’s wife comments on how Dick looks like a murderer, but Perry doesn’t look evil at all. Alvin, with the help of Floyed, continues to further investigate both Dick and Perry’s life and habits. They start by going to Perry’s old apartment in Mexico, then
The suspense created in "Man From the South" is nothing short of terrifying. The little man Carlos was beyond serious when he bet the boy that his lighter couldn 't go 10 straight times without a single one missed. They bet the little man 's car for the boys left pinky finger. Carlos put nails in the table to tie the boy 's hand down. One of the most terrifying parts of the story was when the little man was getting the table ready, "Now place de left hand between dese two nails.
Jared Martin struck me as an interesting and relatable protagonist. I enjoyed his portrayal's complexity and authenticity as I read the pages. I identified strongly with Jared's life's journey, struggles, and exploration of his own identity. He was an interesting and compelling character because of how he handled the difficulties that came his way, which drew me into his story. The novel's insightful and accurate portrayal of Indigenous characters and their experiences was what really caught my attention.
Throughout the story the children progressively became more paranoid. At first it was just the little children that were scared of an
Death will always complement war. This is seen clearly in Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Man I Killed”. In this tale the Main character, Tim, is vividly describing in his mind the enemy Vietcong solider he just killed life story before his death. He details everything, from the visible wounds on the soldier’s body to a fantasy of the man’s life. Meanwhile, to soldiers in Tim’s platoon acknowledge that he killed this man and try to speak to him about it.
In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, he discusses the “dangers” of television and elaborates his thoughts about how that specific media was affecting American society. Some of the main points Postman touched on can be compared to the modern media society has now. Postman elaborated that television gained control of American society, which meant that Americans stopped questioning the media and opened the opportunity for fake news to be spread. Americans didn’t know what was real and what was fake because, at the end of the day, everything was for entertainment purposes as Postman expresses. The most important topic he covered was that the media was becoming a curriculum where Americans gained their knowledge and ideals.
“Click-Clack the RattleBag” by Neil Gainman is a suspenseful short story. The kid in the story wants the adult writer to tell him a scary story about the Click-Clack RattleBag. The kid explains that the click clacks are monsters. But suddenly at the end things start to click and clack then the adult feels fingers wrapping around him. The author develops the characters' different points of view in order to build up suspense throughout the story.
In this part of the story they are caught by the man and while there are many parts of this story where they act like kids and compare the adult to them through the events playing out, this part is different. Here they are acting more adult like and not running away, following the rules and staying put when they are
Reading is one of the most powerful tools someone can have at their disposal; it creates opportunities for life long learning. There are six million students in the California school system and 25% of those students are unable to perform basic reading skills. For young students the most critical stages for reading skills is kindergarten through third grade. Students transition from learning to read to reading to learn in fourth grade. In Santa Clara and San Mateo counties programs were created to help battle against illiteracy and give students and adults extra help.
